Mahan Air, is keeping up with its ambitions to become an airline by international standards with the launch of Iran’s first online check-in” service. This service is available now for passengers departing Kerman, Ahwaz, Zahedan, Queshm, Sari, Shiraz, Ilam, Bam, Sirjan, Kermanshah & Khorram abad 24 to 1,5 hours prior departure. “On-line check-in” will also apply to all domestic and internationals passengers in the near future.<br>Now after the success of this experience in the listed airports, Mahan air is going to launch this service in the crowded airports and this service formally launched from sep.22 in Mehrabad airport. hence our respected passengers can get their boarding pass online at Mehrabad airport.<br>Kindly ask you to use this service and feel comfort at home. <br>Intensively wait for your comments and suggestions in order to improve ourselves.<br>

Mahan air has commenced flights to Paris- its 10th destination in Europe- on Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays <br>The opening flight touched town at Paris’ Charles De Gaulle international airport today Jun20th, 2016 in 10:00 (LT) to mark the start of a direct triple weekly service to and from Paris.<br>

Mahan Air has commenced direct flights from Tehran to Moscow in January 2016 & Tehran to Kiev in March 2016. In addition, Mahan air is going to prepare for establishment of some direct flights to several European and Asian countries that will be launched gradually in the late spring and summer. <br>In this regard, Mahan Air flights to northern Europe and the Nordic region will be launched since mid-June; as well as the commencement of the flight, Tehran - Copenhagen – Tehran, will be in June 9th. The other routes are pursuing, negotiating and finalizing that will be announced in the appropriate time.<br>

Development of tourism ties between Islamic Republic of Iran and Kingdom of Thailand

2016-02-07T10:26:39Z

Last week a ceremony held at the Parsian Azadi Hotel, in which, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Mahan Air and high ranking officials of Thailand’s tourism.<br>Some of the most important provisions of this MOU include:<br><br>1. Exchange of tourists between the two countries, Iran and Thailand<br>2. Support and collaboration to expand Mahan air route network to major tourism destinations in Thailand<br>3. Cooperation for the exchange of Thailand’s pilgrimage tourists to the Hajj through Iran <br>4. Expand bilateral Halal tourism between the two countries, Iran and Thailand<br><br>This MOU signed in the presence of Mr. Majid Kargaran (head of Mahan air abroad stations) on behalf of the Mahan and some of the senior staff members of Commercial, political, cultural and tourism of Thailand’s Kingdom. <br>This large delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and accompanying of foreign minister, finance minister, industry and mining minister, energy and culture minister of Thailand, visited Iran.<br>

<br><br><br>Following our strategic plan to increase and modernize the fleet and expanding the flight route network, we as Mahan air, are going to establish new direct international routes, particularly to the European countries. <br>In this regard, Mahan Air is going to commence direct flights from Tehran to Moscow in January 2016 & Tehran to Kiev in February 2016. In addition, Mahan air is going to prepare for establishment of some direct flights to several European and Asian countries that will be launched gradually in next summer. <br><br>Heretofore, Mahan air launched direct flights to Munich, Milan & Athens in 2015. Furthermore, frequency increased in Ankara, Istanbul, Dubai, Beijing, Shanghai, Almaty, Yerevan, Kabul and Kuala Lumpur. <br>

Source: Mahan Air 24 December 2015 10:00 am UTC<br><br>Mahan Air flight 112 an Airbus A310 landed at Istanbul Ataturk Airport at 08:35 local time on 24 December 2015. There were 166 people on board including passengers and crew. While taxing to the final parking position at a very low speed, the aircraft failed to stop due to brake malfunction and hit a vacant bus as well as the guard rail and stopped. There were no injury to passenger and crew and they exited normally from the aircraft. Mahan is working with the local aviation authorities in a preliminary investigation. Mahan Air expresses our utmost gratitude to Ataturk airport staff and we apologize to our passengers for any inconvenience.<br>

according to the Public Relations of Civil Aviation Organization, Mehdi Ali Asgari said that during 3 phases, experts of flight operations, investigated equipment and facilities constructed by Mahan Air, studied amendment of operations manual (OM), appraised selected instructor of dangerous goods, evaluated the recommended personnel for the reception, cellar , loading ,etc<br>Ali Asgari said that after carrying out the necessary checks, the amendment OM (OM, Part-E4) was finalized and permission for air transportation of dangerous goods- inserted in Mahan’s flight certificate (AOC)-in July, 2015 was issued.<br>Ali Asgari maintained: the process of auditing and inspecting different departments of Mahan air lasted more than a year and a half and about 1,000 hours experts monitored the implementation process.<br>Finally, he noted that in the first phase, Mahan air, in accordance with the terms of the AOC, only is allowed to carry dangerous goods with low and medium risk, in case of the full compliance with the requirements of the Civil Aviation Organization, limitations contained in this certificate shall be removed.<br>It should be noted that Mahan air after Iran air is the second Iranian company that succeed to receive this certificate.<br><br>

<br>Mahan Air second flight to Almaty start from 20th of Jun 2015. Almaty flights operate on days Tuesday and Saturday.<br>Mahan Air develop its network in new destination and increase number of flights on the frequent routes.<br>

<br>Mahan Air on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays launched a triple weekly service to Athens, the capital and largest city of Greece, from June 14.<br><br>This flight, which departs Tehran (IKA) at 9a.m, touches down at around 18.15p.m at Athens.<br>The airline has been operating these triple weekly flights with a airbus 340 aircraft.<br>

The Arabian Travel market (ATM) took place in Dubai on May 4-7 of this year and Mahan Air had a successful presence in this record breaking event. The theme of Mahan Air stand was IRAN and this attracted a lot of travel professionals from across the globe in the ATM to seek more information about visiting Iran by their clients. The mood of show floor across four days of the show was incredibly dynamic and productive and during this event record numbers of partners and professionals visited our Mahan Air stand.

Mahan air the pioneer of expanding international route network, this time scheduled 6 new routes to its flight network.<br><br><br>Mahan air further expands in 2015 in order to give more proper and the best services to our dear passengers. Expanding international flight routes became our top ranked program. Thus the first step of expanding actualized and 6 new international routes has scheduled from May14, 2015 as the following table.<br><br><br><div class="table-responsive"><table class="table table-bordered table-striped"><thead><tr><th>Route</th><th>Beginning</th><th>Flight Schedule</th><th>Departure time</th><th>Arrival time</th><th>Airline</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>IKA- BAH</td><td>May 14</td><td>Thursdays</td><td>5:00</td><td>10:30</td><td>Mahan</td></tr><tr><td>IKA- VKO</td><td>May 28</td><td>Saturdays,<br>Sundays,<br>Tuesdays,<br>Thursdays</td><td>8:45</td><td>14:45</td><td>Mahan</td></tr><tr><td>IKA- LED</td><td>June 4</td><td>Saturdays,<br>Sundays,<br>Tuesdays,<br>Thursdays</td><td>7:15</td><td>18:20</td><td>Mahan</td></tr><tr><td>IKA- ATH</td><td>June 14</td><td>Sundays,<br>Tuesdays,<br>Fridays</td><td>9:00</td><td>18:15</td><td>Mahan</td></tr><tr><td>IKA- MXP</td><td>June 17</td><td>Saturdays,<br>Wednesdays</td><td>7:10</td><td>20:15</td><td>Mahan</td></tr><tr><td>IKA- AER</td><td>June 23</td><td>Mondays,<br>Tuesdays,<br>Fridays</td><td>6:00</td><td>12:15</td><td>Mahan</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><br><br>Mahan Air is investigating other new routes that will be announced later.​

Mahan air started on 11th of Mar 2015 operating flight to Munich.<br>Munich is the second destination in Germany after Düsseldorf.<br>Mahan Air’s Munich flights are operating with two flights per week on day Sundays and Wednesdays .<br>

Record the highest rate of transport passengers on year 2014 by Mahan Air.

2015-01-18T20:30:00Z

Mahan Air is striving to provide high quality service and transporting Passenger on year 2014, by increasing fleet and operating new routes, can with grow up 5.5% compare to the last year and between other Iranian airlines, for 3rd continually year had the highest ratio of domestic and international passengers .<br>On year 2014 Mahan Air had over than 5.5 million passengers and reach around to 5.6 million passengers. Currently we have the highest active aircrafts and available seats in Iran.<br>Mahan Air, by using of BAe –avro jet which other European country used for short rang routes – have flight to 17 deprived regional’s and low transport.<br>Also Mahan Air with 77% have the highest seat load factor and have the best recode between Iranian active airlines in this regard.<br>

<br>The 11th annual CITM tourism fair was held in Shanghai from 14 to 16 November 2014 with participation of 481 Companies from 22 Countries. The CITM was a total success as it surpassed last year attendance records. Mahan Air used the opportunity to showcase its future route launches and planned increase frequencies to China as well as providing information about the attractions of Iran as a great vacation destination for Chinese nationals. Mahan currently offers 12 weekly flights to three destinations in China: Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou with plans to increase the flights by next summer as it develops its focus on China as the largest economy in the world.

<p>Beijing, China- Mahan Air celebrated the launch of scheduled flights from Tehran to Beijing non-stop service linking the capitals of Iran and People’s Republic of China and marking the carrier’s 14th international destination. It is also the airline’s first regular flight to China.</p><p>The thrice weekly flights are operating via 299 seat A340-300 in two class configuration offering superb Persian hospitality. Flight W5 079 arrived at Beijing Capital Airport to an impressive water salute, following its 8 hour nonstop journey from the airline’s operational hub in Tehran.</p><p>All passengers and operating crew of the maiden flight received a warm welcome from the airport officials. Beijing now join two other Chinese gateways for Mahan Air after Shanghai and Guangzhou for a total of 13 flights per week. The new Beijing flights represent the significance of China’s growing economy in the worldwide context as well as increased trade between Iran and China. .Beijing is Mahan Air’s third new international route after Yerevan and Shiraz to Dubai which were inaugurated in summer 2014.</p><h4>Flight schedules, between Tehran and Beijing, are as follows:</h4><p><dl><dd>Tehran – Beijing: 3-times-a-week, effective 4 November, 2014</dd><dd>Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays</dd><dd>W5 079 Depart Tehran at 1730 hrs. Arrive Beijing at 0620 hrs.</dd></dl></p><p><dl><dd>Beijing– Tehran: 3-times-a-week, effective 6 November, 2014</dd><dd>Tuesday, Thursdays, Sundays</dd><dd>W5 078 Depart Beijing at 0040 hrs. Arrive Tehran at 0640 hrs.</dd></dl></p><ul class="thumbs"><li><img class="img-responsive" src="/Assets/newsAssets/Beijing/beijing.jpg" /></li><li><img class="img-responsive" src="/Assets/newsAssets/Beijing/beijing-2.jpg" /></li></ul>

Mahan Air is continuing its network expansion with the introduction of services to Beijing from 28 October and Munich from 12 November 2014. Beijing will be Mahan’s third destination in China which the airline hopes will add to its success in Shanghai and Guangzhou where it has been operating since 2011. The three times weekly flights will be operating via 249 seat Airbus A340 in two class configuration. <br>Munich will be the airline’s second destination in Germany after Dusseldorf which Mahan has been serving for more than a decade. This attractive city is the driving force behind Germany’s strong economy and has great appeal for leisure and business travelers. The flight will be operated twice weekly on Sundays and Wednesdays and the frequency will be increased to three weekly as of March next year. The flight schedule for both new routes will allow passengers to experience convenient connections via our hub in Tehran to other destinations in Mahan Air route network. <br> Mahan is one of the fastest growing airlines in the Middle East flying to more than 50 destinations within Iran and points in Europe, Middle East and the Far East. It operates a fleet of 52 jet transports including Boeing 747, Airbus A340/A320/A310/A300 types. It carried more than 5.4 million passengers in 2013.

IRNA quoted from Iran aviation organization: “Mahan Air is the top 3 airlines that has the least delay with 719 flights”<br>It adds: another Iranian airline with a 10 minute delay has the lowest delay while its flights are 41 cases; whereas, Mahan Air with 17.5 times more flights (719 flights) has a delay of less than 19 minutes.

Mahan Air has achieved impressive results in passenger and cargo traffic during the first half of 2014. The airline has continued its growth with available seat km up by 13%, flights by 10% and cargo carried by 19% during this period. More than 2.8 million
passengers were carried indicating a 9% growth compared with 2013. Mahan achieved 79% load factor on its domestic and international network that the load factor on its domestic network was 82% which makes up almost 70% of its system traffic. The airline added
its 14th international destination (Yerevan in Armenia) and increased frequency on many of its international and domestic routes during this time period.

In response to demands of our respected passengers, Mahan Air has increased frequencies to Yerevan capital city from double to triple weekly. It is worth mentioning that this flight was more welcomed by tourists from Armenia who flight to Far East via
Tehran as transit passengers. This triple weekly flight is effective from July18, 2014. Mahan Air will now operate two flights on Sundays and Wednesdays weekly. The new additional frequency will be serviced on Fridays weekly by Airbus A310, too.

<p>​​Follow to our great concern to provide our value customers greater choice to key business and leisure destination across Iran, Effective 8 July 2014, Mahan Air offering non-stop flight from Kerman to new cities of Esfahan, Tabriz, Kish, Sari and Zahedan. </p><p>New routes will be serviced by BAE-146 aircraft, seating a total of 107 passengers across Economy cabin.</p><p>Mahan Air carried over 3.2 m domestic passengers in 2013 and this major move is expected to increase its domestic traffic and market share for the current year. </p><p>Today, Mahan Air operates a fleet of 52 new Airbus and Boeing aircrafts from Tehran hub to more than 40 routes inside Iran and 24 routes internationally across Europe, Asia, Middle East, Far East and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).</p>

<p>​Mahan Air is pleased to announce launch of new transit flight to Athens from Shanghai via IKA(Imam Khomeini Airport) effective from June16<sub>th</sub>, 2014. </p><p>The first inauguration in this route was prosperous and Mahan transferred more than 179 passengers from IKA transit hall.</p>
<p>It is worth notifying that this transit flight on the route Shanghai-Tehran-Athens operates with modern Airbus A310-300 aircraft once-weekly on Mondays. </p>

<span style="line-height:1.6;text-align:justify;">Bangkok, 16 May 2014 -</span><strong style="line-height:1.6;text-align:justify;"> </strong><span style="line-height:1.6;text-align:justify;">A record 15,000 establishments in seven of Thailand's most important tourism cities are participating in the "Amazing Thailand Grand Sale 2014", which will be held between 15 June – 15 August, 2014, making it the biggest ever.</span><p style="text-align:justify;">The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched a special website to promote the grand annual shopping event, which will be held in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Hat Yai, Pattaya, Hua Hin and Samui. Participants include department stores, shopping centers, accommodation, spa and beauty, golf courses, entertainment centers and restaurants.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">There some activities during "Amazing Thailand Grand Sale 2014" as follows:</span></p><ol><li><strong>Up to 80% discounts at department stores, shopping centres, shops, spas, hotels and other Grand Sale participants. </strong></li></ol><ul><li><strong>Amazing Thailand Grand Sale Shopping Challenge; On June 18, 2014, well known celebrities in various fields from Asian countries will have a shopping competition in participating complexes and centers. A total of 15 teams from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea are competing this year. The winner team will receive a cash prize of 100, 000 Baht.</strong> </li><li><strong>This year's Grand Sale has been enhanced by two lucky-draw prizes of "Travel 365 days in Thailand" for two couples (one from abroad, one local) to enjoy a trip within Thailand. Visitors will get a coupon from participating partners, which upon expenditure of every 500 Baht by cash or any credit card at any one place. However, if they pay by VISA card, they will get two coupons.</strong></li><li><strong>The coupons can be dropped into the lucky draw drop box. The winning couples will get free return air-tickets and Centara's hotels & resorts chain. As for the prize, the winning couples can take their trip any time within 365 days.​</strong></li></ul>

<strong style="line-height:1.6;text-align:center;">New Changes in domestic flights' fare after the Order of Fare Release</strong><p style="text-align:justify;">Subsequent to the approval of domestic flights' fare, released by CAO, some changes performed in Mahan's domestic flights fare:</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Accordingly, from June 15, 2014, issuing domestic flights' tickets depends on the flight class as follows will be required:</p><ul><li>CHD fare equals to 75% of adult fare and INF fare equivalent to 10% of adult fare;</li><li><strong>Reservation cancellation fee for issued tickets from June 15, 2014</strong>:<br><br>A: up to 12p.m the day before the flight, cancellation fee is 10% of ticket base fare;<br><br>B: up to 3 hours before the flight cancellation fee is 30% of ticket base fare;<br><br>C: 3 hours prior to flight, cancellation fee is 50% of ticket base fare (NO SHOW).</li></ul><p>Please be noted that, these terms won't include the tickets that have been issued before this circular. In case of any change, new rules will be applied.​</p>

New boarding pass procedure for passenger without luggage at Mehrabad Airpprt

2014-06-13T19:30:00Z

<p></p><p>Mahan Air, Iran's leading carrier has introduced a new incentive for its Frequent Flyer Programme (FFP) members and Business Class passenger travelling from Mehrabad Airport.</p><p>(Note: This service provided Only to those passengers travelling with hand carry baggage(less than 7 kg), the same service not provided to passengers with checked baggage request).<br> <br></p><p>The airline's FFP members(Gold and Silver) travelling on domestic flights with only one piece of hand baggage can now collect their Boarding Passes at the dedicated reception desk located at the special passenger hall(Lounge) when departing from Mehrabad Airport to their respective destinations. </p><p>This new incentive was officially launched on June 13 at the Mehrabad airport for passenger's convenience.​</p>

<p>​​Mahan, on Monday June 1<sup>st</sup>, celebrated the launch of thrice, non-stop services to ZVARTNOTS International Airport with a Gala Dinner at a five star hotel in beautiful city of Yerevan. <br> The function was attended by over 100 VIP guests including high ranking officials from Armenia Civil Aviation ,Zvartnots Airport , Mahan Air and travel trade professionals to celebrate the opening of this route.<br> Earlier in the day, Mahan held a small press gathering at the airport upon landing of its flight from Tehran with 100% seat load factor. "We strongly believe that the convenience of our non-stop flights from Tehran together with the connectivity options to the Middle East and Far East destinations will further facilitate great boost for business and leisure visitors between our two countries of Iran and Armenia" said Mr. Hossein Hosseini Director of Marketing and Route Development of Mahan Air.</p><p>The expansion, he stressed, was part of the airline's ongoing growth strategy – a long-term commitment to develop its route infrastructure and fleet. The flights are being performed by 185 seats A310 with two class configuration. </p>